Archive: 04/12/2020

COVID-19 in Victorian schools and childcare mainly driven by community transmission

COVID-19 cases in schools, early childhood education centers and childcare are mainly driven by community transmission. Off-site learning should therefore be a last resort, a new Australian report has found.

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Study highlights strategies for boosting accuracy of personal genetic risk scores

As the consumer genetics industry rapidly expands, more and more people are turning to DNA-based services to learn their risk of developing a wide range of diseases.

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Research finds impacts of games psychologically complex

Florian first came to Wellington in 2014, for a trimester abroad from Göttingen University in Germany, and returned several years later to do his doctoral research. "In Germany it is rare that students can choose their own ...

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Gestational age linked to ADHD in children with Down syndrome

A new study by the UC Davis MIND Institute finds a connection between gestational age and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children with Down syndrome. The research, published in Scientific Reports, ...

Dec 4, 2020

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Building better vaccines for the elderly

As human lifespans have gotten longer, certain proteins in our bodies are increasingly prone to take on alternative shapes. These misfolded proteins can ultimately trigger neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's ...

Dec 4, 2020

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Use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric treatment varies wildly across the Pacific, study reveals

Despite being considered a form of torture, and policies to reduce or abolish it in place, the use of mechanical restraints in psychiatric settings continues, a University of Otago-led study shows.

Dec 4, 2020

Age, gender and COVID-19: A complex, hormone-driven interplay

Age is a well-known factor that influences the severity and fatality of COVID-19. In addition, male and female patients are known, at least anecdotally, to fare quite differently in the COVID-19 pandemic. Why might this be, ...

Dec 4, 2020

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Inducing accurately controlled 'fever' in tumors to fight cancer

Heating tumors can greatly enhance the effect of radio- and chemotherapies for cancer. This increases the chances of recovery and helps reduce the use of radiation and drugs, leading to fewer side effects for patients. An ...

Dec 4, 2020

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Spotting liars is hard – but our new method is effective and ethical

Most people lie occasionally. The lies are often trivial and essentially inconsequential—such as pretending to like a tasteless gift. But in other contexts, deception is more serious and can have harmful effects on criminal ...

Dec 4, 2020

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Research identifies nanoscale effect of water and mineral content on bone

University of Arkansas researchers Marco Fielder and Arun Nair have conducted the first study of the combined nanoscale effects of water and mineral content on the deformation mechanisms and thermal properties of collagen, ...

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